This morning I got the day off work and headed out to Pines for a dawn session. As I passed Balnarring I saw what I thought was a cat on the side of the road. I slowed down and it turned out to be a big fat Koala who was looking at me. As I passed I looked in my rear vision mirror and I saw it crossing the road - he/she was waiting for me to pass.

I got down to Pines at 6:40am quite a few breezers were already in the water or getting in their wetsuits. Clear sky, waist to chest high waves and 5knott off shore wind - perfect.

Caught a couple of waves at Pines, while waiting for DJ to finish photographing his new mana and said that I wanted to go down to the next break, which is about 1km south from Pines as there were too many sup boarders there - hehe. There were probably only about 5 in the water.

I got to the next break and saw one other sup boarder and two longboarders at the next break. DJ and Cam were paddling up to where I was and by the time they got there the other sup boarder had called it a day.

All of us enjoyed a few waves and were probably surfing about 50-100 meters from the two long boarders who were positioned at another breaking point - no stess. After DJ and I caught a big party wave almost all the way into shore we paddled back out and passed one of them. DJ said to him as we passed "great morning" to which he responded "It was great until you guys got here, and if you get any closer I'll shove that paddle up your arse..." The abuse continued on for a minute or so - I couldn't believe what I was hearing.

After that we just went back to where we were, some time passed and the nasty guy and his mate made the 1km walk back to Pines - I just can't help wondering how unnecessary that incident was.

Hey Oliver ..... next time have a SUP comp there and then there'll be heaps of Paddles shoved up everyone's ass!!!!!!!!

I'm with you can't understand people's attitudes I sup /longboard and as long as everyone's getting a wave who cares what there riding!

Boylos

He must have had a heap of angry pills for breakfast...

Poor bloke, obviously doesn't have much to live for.

I have found that most of the time it is not the SUPer's who are doing anything to upset the others in the water.

It is just that "some" other surfers in the water get annoyed because they cannot come to the realisation that in the last hour the SUPer caught 20 waves and the angry guy caught 1.

And those 20 waves were in a spot where no one can usually get a wave and there is no one there to compete with for those usually nonexsistant waves. So you see the angry guy's tiny peanut brain is really just overwelmed with these thoughts and the only logical outcome for him is to shout at DJ.

share the stoke

Zimbo

Understand how that could really get to you Oliver, it's really hard to shake off crap like that.

The guy must be really tough or really stupid - imagine threatening someone 6'4" standing up holding 8 feet of carbon "weapon" in their hand.

boarder paul said...


I think most of these people just need to try SUP and understand the stoke that it has.

You included!

oliver said...

rodriguez said...

Hey Oliver,were you at zappers?if so there is a pr!ck who surfs there who thinks its his personal beach.I was surfing there not on a sup and had a very agro shouting match,for the interstaters,this involves quite a long walk to get there,so there are very few surfers in the water.I have surfed there for years,and a crowd would be 6-8 surfers.Go figure some people

oliver said...

It could be, 1km south of Pines - below Daryl Sommers house. Sounds like him. I think a lot of us do this recreation/activity to forget the crap that happens around us on daily basis for a few hours each day/week.

For me.... getting out in the surf or in the bush helps me to figure out where I fit in in to this unusual planet. I love the feeling I get in the surf or the bush, and because of that I always make a real effort to get far away from others to get my thoughts clear.

The crap that happened today, has somehow managed to really cut me to the core - it was so unexpected. I think I'll have to watch Morning of the Earth again to get me over it and just fast forward the bits featuring Terry Fitzgerald

Oliver dont let it worry you, you just met the grumpy old local whom wants to put **** on anyone no matter what he rides

These people are everywhere It wouldnt matter if you were a ripper on a shortboard, they would give you **** anyway. Dont let it worry you his nothing

Hey Oliver,
No point in rising to it, just smile, wink at him and say "I have lube in the van, see you in the car park later sweetie & I'll bring the paddle" you'll then see just how fast a prone surfer can leave a line up or you may make a new friend for life -

Hey Oliver....Next time take the "other" option & surf with us.....the only thing to knock the crap out of you will be the waves
Still way over head today @ Danger

Sorry I didn't make it down there Oliver. Been the busiest week of the year for me but it's over now. I tried to get up but
couldn't do it. I should have time to get in the water a bit more from now on in the mornings.

Those agro guys can usually be picked in the line-up just by the looks you get. I always try make eye contact to get a
read on them. If I sense agro I just stay out of there way and don't get close enough to let them have a go, get my fair share
of waves and bail. If they forget you were there I rekon they will get used to having us in the water. Another option is to paddle
prone a bit so they remember it's not that different to regular surfing and they might also click that you may prone surf as well.

If someone has a go at me I usually just say "no worries mate, I used to surf but this is way more fun!" If they have another go I pretend they aren't there.

Thomo,its funny you should make that comment.Today i was riding my sup at a break were im reasonably well known, and b4 most of the locals got in i was given the treatment you know sheep dogged out of the wave either by drop in or paddled in front off when they paddled out,so i couldnt drop down the face without killing myself or some other poor bastard.I have to say i was given equal treatment by both long and short boarders.As soon as the locals arrived and said hi,and how's the sup thing going, and next week im picking up my new sup its a laird did i make a good choice etc.All of a sudden the seas parted and i got called into so many waves i started to feel weird and dare i say it a little greedy.I said something similar as to your point to one of the locals,ie when i stopped riding my fish and short boards and started riding l/boards everyone used to give it to me,that was 15 years ago and so it starts again.But you know i didnt give a sh!t then and i dont give a sh!t now,because im just having FUN Oliver,every one says dont worry about today just forget about it ,but every one knows that knawing and upsetting feeling is just not easy to put aside,and life has a way of pushing this sh!t your way when you have other crap falling on you so,tommorow it will be less upsetting and the day after, less again. Just keep supping

Th0m0 said...

It's ironic that what is happening with sup is the same thing that happened to longboarders in the "longboard resurgence", only now the longboarders seem to be dishing out the abuse. Unfortunately these type of incidents are going to increase as sup gets more popular. Anyone who spends time on the Standup Zone or at Swaylocks will know friction between sups and crawlers has become a huge problem in the more crowded areas of the States. I personally haven't had any of these incidents in the 8 or so months I have been riding sups, but this summer on the Gold Coast and SEQld/Northern NSW could be interesting.

oliver,i wonder if you were the same type of guy in the piros photos,tats ,piercing big, cut, etc would this wanker have a shot at you,i doubt it,there is a great old saying "those that can do, those that cant,talk"he sounds like the many cranky f***ers on mals that feel threatened.dont let him get to you.

Anger is just fear on it's way out.
Jack

Unfortunately at the Pines and it's surrounds there are a quite few old kn_b head old t_ols who think that they own Westernport Bay. Narrow minded Spawn of Mornington Pig farmers! They're always out with their grumpy old fart faces on, talking about how good it was yesterday - 2 foot and barelling yeee - haaaa! Wave hogging snake morons.

When you come across idiot_ ike this best bet is to paddle away and lead them to their mediocre lives. No doubt even their wives hate em!

Evolution will erase these dic_s and send them packing to Qld. Monezuma's revenge. Enjoy your next session in knowing that you are the one's having fun!

Unfortunately at the Pines and it's surrounds there are a quite few old kn_b head old t_ols who think that they own Westernport Bay. Narrow minded Spawn of Mornington Pig farmers! They're always out with their grumpy old fart faces on, talking about how good it was yesterday - 2 foot and barelling yeee - haaaa! Wave hogging snake morons.

When you come across idiot_ ike this best bet is to paddle away and lead them to their mediocre lives. No doubt even their wives hate em!

Evolution will erase these dic_s and send them packing to Qld. Monezuma's revenge. Enjoy your next session in knowing that you

I dont want to start a **** fight here, But come on Get over it

Its getting lame now.